January 2, 2013

WEST WARWICK â Narragansett boys hockey coach Chris Lussier had seven simple words for his team moments before the start of Wednesdayâs game against undefeated West Warwick/Exeter-West Greenwich.
âMake them beat you,â he said, âfive on five.â
The message went unheard.
West Warwick/Exeter-West Greenwich converted three power plays in the first two periods into three quick goals while the Mariners converted only one all game â and it came when things were well in hand - in the Knight-Wizardsâ 4-1 win Wednesday at Magiera Memorial Ice Rink Wednesday night.

December 29, 2012

The storm that is scheduled to hit Rhode Island at 7 p.m. caused the RIIL to postpone all of tonight's hockey games.
Both area girls teams - Narragansett/NK/SK and Cranston/EG - had games scheduled, as the boys teams from Narragansett, North Kingstown, South Kingstown and West Warwick/EWG.

December 25, 2012

WAKEFIELD â Prout senior Eric Rameika entered Friday nightâs game against Lincoln just nine points away from 1,000 for his career and afterward admitted he was a little nervous coming in.
â[I felt] a lot of pressure,â Rameika said. âEveryone I talked to in school was like ânine more, nine moreâ and, I mean, I tried to not think about it but itâs almost impossible. I was eager to get it done and over with.â
The way the first four minutes of the game played out it did little to alleviate his worries either.

December 22, 2012

KINGSTON â You do not play good basketball in every game during a season. Itâs a statistical improbability. The best teams in the country, even those in the past that have gone undefeated, donât do it. The game is a grind, almost as if by design, and while no one is happy with poor play, you deal with it because you have no other choice.

December 22, 2012

WEST WARWICK â The programâs reputation has been built on its offensive prowess.
Thursday night the West Warwick girls basketball team showed it can play a little on the other side of the court as well.
After falling down early, coach Mike Francois unleashed a press on East Greenwich that threw its offense out of sorts as the Wizardsâ defense frustrated the Avengers all night, which saved the game because the offense struggled to make anything from anywhere in a 45-38 win in their Division II opener.

December 16, 2012

KINGSTON â With Mike Powell on his right and Nikola Malesevic on his left, University of Rhode Island basketball coach Dan Hurley laughed when he talked about the film session the Rams had following their loss to Providence College on Dec. 6.
The players did too. It was an almost uncomfortable laughter; while the trio didnât get into the specifics of what was said, it was easy to tell the message behind what was said.
And much like the Ramsâ play that night, it wasnât good.

November 29, 2012

KINGSTON â Want and desire dripped from the words exiting Dan Hurleyâs mouth as he spoke about his teamâs loss Wednesday night. He has already expressed his feelings on moral victories. Youâre not playing for them. You play, as former New York Jets head coach Herm Edwards famously said in a press conference one decade ago, to win the game.

November 29, 2012

The East Greenwich football team advanced to Sunday's Division III Super Bowl with a 25-13 win in the D-III semifinals over Moses Brown while Narragansett lost in the other D-III semi to Middletown, 35-14.
Andrew Miner threw three touchdown passes in the win, two in the second quarter that put the Avengers up 19-7 at the break. His third came in the fourth on a 12-completion to Alex Cleary, who had two touchdowns in the game.

November 27, 2012

Four games into the season and the University of Rhode Island menâs basketball team still doesnât have a win.
If this happened last season, people would be jumping off the roofs of the dorms on the Kingston campus and demanding the head of their coach.
This is a new era. And when Dan Hurley is calm, everyone should be calm too, even if the season hasnât gotten off to an ideal start with losses to a strong Norfolk State team, an ACC team in Virginia Tech, the No. 4 team in the country with Ohio State and Sundayâs lost to Hurleyâs alma mater, Seton Hall.